Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-06-27
FEARFUL CALAMITY.
a Fatal Fire I'm the Gould a Cur.
ry Mine.

~ Nlues
The most appalling mining disnFter
that has visited the COuistock lode since
the fire in the Yellow Jacket in 1869
occurred Inst Friday night. The Vir-
Hinia Chronicle of SATURDAY gives a full
mud complete account Of the calamity
from which we condense the following:
Lawrence Pinaglia was on the sur
face with the cnge about z o'clock in
the evening. He Diet, cted mn increase
in the usual amount of vapor ascend ng
through the SHIFT and, leaning over,
discovered the odor of smoke, indicat-
ing that fire had broken out ut some
point underground He Immediately
boarded the cage and rung it down to
the 1900 foot level. While he was de-
scend .ng danger signal of ten bells
was rung for the station OH the 1900
level in the shaft. On, reaching the
1900 station with the cage, Pinaglia
found the men employed ON that level
ut the station. They Immediately
boarded the cnge and assembled to the
surface, where they arrived almost as
phyxiated from the gas.
Superintendent Lyman had been
summoned, and it was concluded that
the fire had started somewhere below
the 1900 level. On inquiry it was as
certaiued that the following, men were
still underground:
On the 400 level-John Trounce,
Joncy Morgan, W. C. Carpenter, Il. C.
Bruce and Andrew Bean. .i-4Gt,. y...
On the 8On -Riohard Bsnn nets, W.
James, II. T. CIrrah, w. Williams and
james Tren bath. .'..
On the 15OO--Ed. Jeffrey, Martin
TregalIis. John Kennedy, P Eddy,
Charles Daugherty and Foss Hamilton.
Prompt and energetic measres for
the rescue of''ths endangered miners
we're Immediately adopted. The blow
ers for supplying air To- thsI various
levels where the men had been EN-.
ployed were run, to their .ttnll speed and
reScuing parties Of miners formed to 60
to the relief of ho-e--imprisoned. The
only avenue OF escape for those on the
400 level was by Assembling to the tun-
mel level, a little over zoe. feet below the
COLLAR Of the Bonner shaft, by moons Of
ladders through upraises. and thence to
piss out to the surfuce through the tun-
mel, the entrance of which is near the
Mint mine. ,o-u.,. .
After several attempts the 400, level
was reached where the Ave men whose
names are given above were all found
but life WINS, extinct and the. dead bodies
were taken to the surface.
Shortly before the bodies OF the FIVE
minors on the 400 level were found,
Roger Pendergast foreman Of the Savage
aud Hale Il Noroross, and John Grant
Shi boss after several attempts to
Seaoh the men on the $40 level from the
Savage side. finally gained the north
line OF the Best & Belcher where they
found the Ave miners mentioned above
~ employed on thnt level in the face of
tho line cross-out taking air from tho
pipe. They were all right and followed
thu rescuers to the Savage incline
through which they assembled by gi-
rnffe 10 the surface.
A detailed account OF the efforts to
reach tho men oil the 1900 lsvel is given
but at the time the Chronicle went to
press fears were entertained that the
aiK men could not be rescued alive, md
the account closes as follows:
At 4 O'Clock this afte5poon tho winze
had been sunk to o depth Of Is feet be.
low tho track aoor Of the south drift on
the 1900 level in the Con. Cal. Il Va,
al the Best 4 'Belohor line. A drift run
on an incline feet In 20 had been adj
vauoed about 7 feet leaving about 23'
feet to drive to connect With the Best &
Delcher limo orossout. It is expected
shak tho connection will be made early
Tomorrow morning. Not sound has